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Dembski was born in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], the only child of Catholic parents. His mother was an [[art dealer]] and his father was a college professor who held a [[Doctor of Science|D.Sc.]] in [[biology]] from the [[University of Erlangen-Nuremberg]] and taught [[evolutionary biology]]. While growing up, Dembski was neither particularly religious nor did he question the [[Evolution|theory of evolution]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arn.org/docs/dembski/wd_idcomingclean.htm |title=Intelligent Design Coming Clean |last=Dembski |first=William A. |date=November 17, 2000 |website=[[Access Research Network]] |location=Colorado Springs, CO |access-date=August 11, 2010}}</ref><ref name="InGod">{{cite news |last=Kern |first=Lauren |date=December 14, 2000 |title=In God's Country |url=http://www.houstonpress.com/2000-12-14/news/in-god-s-country/full/ |newspaper=[[Houston Press]] |location=Houston, TX |publisher=[[Voice Media Group]] |oclc=29800759 |access-date=August 11, 2010}}</ref>
Dembski attended an all-male Catholic preparatory school in Chicago. He finished high school a year early, excelling in math and finishing a [[calculus]] course in one summer. After high school,
It was in 1988 at a [[Academic conference|conference]] on [[randomness]] that Dembski began to believe that there was purpose, order, and design in the universe by the intervention of [[God]].<ref name="InGod" /> Remaining in academia, Dembski ultimately completed an undergraduate degree in [[psychology]] (1981, University of Illinois at Chicago) and master's degrees in statistics, mathematics, and philosophy (1983, University of Illinois at Chicago; 1985, University of Chicago; 1993, University of Illinois at Chicago, respectively), two [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]]s, one in mathematics and one in philosophy (1988, University of Chicago; 1996, University of Illinois at Chicago, respectively), and a [[Master of Divinity]] in [[theology]] at the [[Princeton Theological Seminary]] (1996).<ref name="CV">{{cite web |url=http://designinference.com/dembski-on-intelligent-design/dembski-curriculum-vitae-resume/ |title=CV/Resumé of William A. Dembski |website=DesignInference.com |publisher=William Dembski |location=Pella, IA |access-date=January 10, 2014}}</ref>
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